JadeShadowScar - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm easy going, quite laid back, prone to crazy ideas like flying 9 hours each way to Seattle for the weekend just to see a gig. I've got a sly cheeky sense of humour, which I'm careful about unleashing.
I tend to be at little bit interested in lots of things rather than a hardcore follower of one thing.
I like a wide range of music/books/movies. I tend to lurk and absorb info only adding to the debate when I have something worth saying.

Music

If it has guitars in it then it is usually fine with me. I'm mainly into Industrial, Grunge and Metal. But also listen to a lot of Rock, Punk, Stonner and some Indie stuff.
I've been to over 80 gigs and 15 Festivals. Seen most - The Cooper Temple Clause 13 times, Foo Fighters 12 times and Queens of the Stone Age 11 times. See the calendar thing below for gigs I'm going too.

Travel

I've travelled all over Western Europe - Italy (3), France (6), Holland (1), Belgium (2), Austria (1), Czech Republic (2), Spain (5), Luexembourg (1), Gibraltar (4), Rep of Ireland (2), Northen Ireland (2), Scotland (3), Wales (5) and Germany (2).
Further away I have been to Seattle, Las Vegas, through Central America (Mexico, Guatemala & Belize) and around the Red Sea (Egypt and Jordan).
Most recently, I was in Egypt (see blog). Not sure where next yet, possibly Gothemburg or back to Mexico. Will try and go snow boarding next year.

Creative Writing

I like to think of my self as a bit of a writer but I'm not very good at finishing things off. I mainly do short stories but have a few ideas for novels and films scripts lurking in the back of my head.

Football

I've supported Liverpool since my dad brain washed me in early childhood. I just about remember the glory years of winning the big shiny European cup in the early 1980's. The 1986 FA cup final was one of the best ever! Almost but not quite topped by winning the champions league last year. I've seen Liverpool 4 times 2 at home and 2 away, with three wins and one defeat.
After the 1988 European championships I started following the fortunes of Gullit, Rijkaard and Van Basten, which meant that by the time we got Itallian football on TV there was only 1 team to support - AC Milan. In 2005 I saw them beat Parma at the San Siro.

American sport

I've followed American sports off and on. I kinda keep an eye out for these teams, Buffalo Bills (NFL), Buffalo Sabers (NHL), DC United (Football) and Seattle Supersonics (NBA).

Visit some of these...

Click this Pic to join my Timothy Zahn group...
click this pic to found out about Nemi cartoons...
The Greatest team the world has ever seen...
My 2nd favourite team...

My Interests

Music,
Movies,
Football,
Travel,
Creative writing - short stories and letters,
Lost Civilisations,
Clip frame collages of gig flyers, bands and movie pic's,
Selling stuff on Amazon.co.uk

I'd like to meet:

New people and bands. I love finding obscure bands and turning my friends onto them.

I'd also like to meet anyone who likes going to gigs in London and anyone who's going to Reading festival.

Join these groups if you go to gigs in London

http://groups.myspace.com/LondonGigs
http://groups.myspace.com/rockdon
http://groups.myspace.com/londonrockscene

London rock clubs and pubs...

Infernos
Inferno's Group
Rock
intrepid fox pub
S8UK

Music:

Bands I like that are still going and how many times I've seen them live...

Foo Fighters (12),
Second Coming (1) ,
Queens of the Stone Age (11),
Paradise Lost (5),
Machine Head (3),
The Dreaming (1),
Lacuna Coil (3),
Sparta (6),
Jimmy Eat World (4),
Heather Nova (4),
Mankind is Obsolete (0),
Bullet for my Valentine (3),
Nine Inch Nails (2),
Amen (4),
Roxy Saint (1),
Luna Click (0),
Bad Religion (3),
Twlighlight Singers (2),
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (4),
Sulphur (0),
Filter (1),
Therapy? (3),
Monster Magnet (4),
Blindside (1),
Lost Prophets (3),

Bands I Like that have split up...

Nirvana (0),
Stabbing Westward (1),
Mansun (3),
The Cooper Temple Clause (13),
Mutha's Day Out (0),
At The Drive In (1),
Rage Against the Machine (3),
Faith No More (1),
Aghan Whigs (2),
Wool (0),
Janes Addiction (1),
Porno For Pyros (0),
Vex Red (3),
Gravity Kills (0),
God Lives Underwater (0),
Workhorse Movement (0),
Electrafixion (1),
Audioslave (4),
Kerbdog (1),
Alice in Chains (0),
Smashing Pumpkins (2),
The Wipers (0),
Kyuss (0),
Bedlam Ago Go (0),
The Doors (0),

...and lots more but the list was too long!

Last CD Bought - Foo Fighters - Echos, Silence, Paitence and Grace - it's ok but not as good as the last one

Movies:

I watch loads of movies mainly on DVD. These films and directors dominate my DVD shelf...

Star Wars,
Kevin Smith,
Tarantino,
Battle Royale,
Beet Takeshi,
Takashi Ishii,
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,
Chow Yun Fat,
Oliver Stone,
Monty Python,
Lord of the Rings,
Lukas Moodyson.

Last movie seen at cinema - The Simpsons Movie(ok I guess bit like a long episode, Spider Pig Spider Pig does what ever a spider pig does!)

Last DVD watched - The Number 23 - which was great, go rent it now

Television:

I don't really watch TV, if there is football on then i'll try and see it, but its mainly back ground noise. I watch Sky Sports News too much, (according to my flat mate!).
I also keep an eye out for...
Match of the Day,
Scuzz,
MTV2,
Kerrang TV,
Star Wars Clone Wars,
X-Files,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
The Sopranos,
Frank Herberts Dune,
Hearts of Darkness,
Easy Riders Raging Bulls,
NYPD Blue,
Tour of Duty,
The Simpsons,
Angel,
Clerks Animated Series,
Futurama,
ER - Emergancy Room,
A History of Britan,
The Hip Hop Years,
Fawlty Towers,
Garfield and Friends,
Rocko's Modern Life,
80 Days Around the World,
Animatrix,
Ren and Stimpy,
Farscape,
My So Called Life,
A Personal Journey Through American Cinema,
Firefly,
Scrubs
My Name is Earl
and The Sheild.
Last series bought - The Shield Series 4 (Not finished series 3 yet as that was only release the month before!)

Books:

I read a lot, usually 2 fiction to every non-fiction. Mainly Sci-fi and Lost civilisations, but i joined a reading group to expand my book list. I'm into...

Hunter S Thompson,
Timothy Zahn,
Frank Herbert,
Kevin J Anderson,
any Star Wars book,
Alistair Reynolds,
Battle Royale Manga,
Mark of the Succubus,
Telepathic Wanderers,
Neal Stephenson,
William Gibson,
Kim Harrison,
Graham Hancock,
Robert Bauval,
Michael Baignet,
Richard Leigh,
Christoper Knight,
Laurence Gardener,
Robert Lomas,
Jack Kerouac,
Tom Wolfe,
Ken Keasey and
The Bunny Suicides.

Currently Reading - Sandworms of Dune - Herbert and Anderson

Next on the shelf - Time Line - Michael Crichton

Heroes:

Hunter S Thompson

Kevin Smith

Dave Grohl

Josh Homme

Boba Fett

and Vodka

My Blog

Reading Festival 2007

It always seems like it's a long wait for Reading these days. September you buy a ticket, wait till April to find out the line up and then wait till August to go to the show. It's almost a...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:25:00 PST

Sparta ULU 14 August 2007

So another venue off the London lists University of London Union (ULU) is famous for having a Foo Fighters show in 2002 during which there was a light on fire so Dave Grohl worked 'That Lights on Fire...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:22:00 PST

Paradise Lost Koko 12th April 2007

So this was billed as 'the definitive set' and really it was never going to be. The Paradise Lost play list on my PC is 4 hours long and I don't even like 3 of their biggest 'hits'! Still ...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:18:00 PST

The Cooper Temple Clause - Shepherds Bush Empire - 5th April 2007

When the Coopers changed record label they had a competition on their website to get everyone to sign up to the new mailing list. It was 10 prizes over 10 days. The only one that was worth...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:08:00 PST

Red Sea Magic Cruise - Thomson Celebration - Egypt and Jordan - 1st to 8th March 2007

'More jet setting!' I hear you say, yes I know, third holiday in the last year and a big one at that. It's Sarah's sister Nikki's fault. Having worked on a cruise ship as a massage therap...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:11:00 PST

Platform - Gardening Club - February 4th 2007

This little basement bar in Covent Garden offers cheap booze on a Sunday afternoon to entice you into watching 4 unsigned bands do their thing. It's random as to what you find when you go. ...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:14:00 PST

Paris - January 19th - 21st 2007

Friday 19th We knew that Eurostar was going to be busy after Thursdays storms had closed the line for most of the day, but we didn't think that we'd be met with the sea of people as we arrived at th...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:56:00 PST

Bullet for my Valentine - Hammersmith Apollo - 8th January 2007

Having not been to Hammersmith before I headed off a little early, just in case, but I ended getting there in 25 mins and having to listen to As I Lay Dying. The music was OK but the singer sounded l...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:15:00 PST

Thirteen Senses - Luminaire Kilburn - 13 December 2006

Another of Sarah's choices I'd listened to the album a few times before going so there were a couple of songs I wanted them to play but its not really my sort of thing. Neither of us knew what ...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:44:00 PST

Best Albums of the Year - Why has 2006 been so poor?

WAs thinking about this the other day and came up with a list. Really strugglled with 2006 and 2001. Am thinking next year will be better. 2006 1 - Lacuna Coil Karma Code ...
Posted by JadeShadowScar on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:25:00 PST